The expedition began in April 2025 when expedition leaders, Lonnie Dupre (Veteran Polar Explorer/Mountaineer) and Pascale Marceau (Arctic Explorer/Mountaineer) brought Nord Hus, a 36 foot-steel sailboat, all the way from Grand Marais, MN (Lake Superior) to west Greenland. In the first season

Ashe joined to help bring Nord Hus 800 miles from interior Quebec to the Atlantic Ocean.

When spring 2026 came around, Lonnie, Pascale and Ashe reunited to take Nord Hus from Aasiaat, Greenland (slightly above the arctic circle) north through Baffin Bay to Qaanaaq, Greenland, (just 12.5 degrees shy of the North Pole). The objectives – act as the hands for high latitude environmental research, facilitate the visual repatriation of photos taken by Lonnie during his 1997 circumnavigation of Greenland, and push north as far as they could until the ice and deteriorating weather conditions turned them around.

Eventually, the trio reached the tipping point where quickly approaching autumn storms pushed them to head south. With this decision, Lonnie stayed north for a planned visit with old friends, and the last core expedition team member, Hyland Garvey (Professional Sailor/Mountain Athlete) joined. Together they would sail the remaining 2,500 miles across the Davis Straight and Labrador Sea back to Newfoundland, Canada – a new open water challenge with heavy seas, darkening
skies and tough navigation decisions.

Full circle, Pascale and Ashe travelled for nearly 3 months, covering 3,400 miles during the 2026 season. There was new exploration and wondrous beauty around every corner, icebergs looming in the dense fog for days on end, and the heaviest weather / extreme remoteness of the far north – an exhilarating combination.